Prof. James Raju K. C.
Contact Addresses
| Office | CASEST, School of Physics, University of Hyderabad, Central University P. O., Gachibowli, Hyderabad, Telangana,500046 |
| Phone (office) | +91 040 2313 4305 |
| kcjrsp@uohyd.ac.in | |
| Personal web page | http://sop.uohyd.ac.in/~kcjr/index.html |
Qualification
Ph.D. (IIT Madras, Chennai)
Education
- Ph.D in Microwave Materials and Devices. From Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras, (1995), with Best Thesis Award.
- Title of Thesis: Correlations between Microwave Dielectric Resonator Mate and Ferroelectrics in (Ba,Sr)(Zr,Ti)O3 system.
- M.Sc (Physics) Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, India – 1986
- B.Sc (Physics) University of Kerala, India – 1983
Professional Experience
- 2009 – present Professor
- 2006 – 2009 Associate Professor
- 2003 – 2006 Reader in Electronic Science at School of Physics, University of Hyderabad
- 2001 – 2003 Sr.Lecturer, University of Hyderabad
- 1996 – 2001 Lecturer, University of Hyderabad
- 1995 – 1996 Post Doctoral Fellow, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India.
- 1989 – 1995 JRF and then SRF at IIT, Madras, India.
- 1986 – 1989 Lecturer in a private college at Kottayam in Kerala.
Research Areas
- Development of microwave characterization techniques for bulk, thin film and powder samples of ferroelectrics, ultra low loss dielectrics, superconductors, magnetic materials and conductors. Microwave measurement techniques for fabricated devices on thin films by on wafer probing techniques.
- Structure – property correlations in Ferroelectric and dielectric materials & Magnetic oxide (bulk and thin films). Co-substitution and Film Processing Conditions as a means of tailoring it.
- Material synthesis for application development and characterization. Ceramic route, Microwave processing, Wet chemical synthesis and Thin film deposition by RF sputtering, PLD and Sol-gel process. Novel process through Laser Induced Crystallization to lower crystallization temperature of ferroelectric thin films to make them compatible with polymers and nano Electronics.
- Tunable Microwave Device development using ferroelectric thin films. Now progressing to do it with magnetoelectric multilayers. From starting raw materials Powder to final Device, the work is done in house. Sequence is the following: Calcination of reagents to form product powder- Sintering of the formed powder to make Sputtering or PLD Targets- Thin films by Sputtering or PLD- Fabrication of transmission line based test structures on the thin films- On wafer probing of the fabricated thin film test structure by On Wafer Probing using Probe Station and Vector Network Analyzer- Extraction of material material parameters by deembedding techniques- Use the extracted film characteristics in designing tunable microwave devices using Softwares like ADS- Make photomask as per the optimized design- Fabricate the Device as per the design on the film- Measure the fabricated device by on wafer probing – Device parameter extraction by de-embedding techniques. Only packaging is remaining. It will be attempted once the devices cross the developmental stage.
- Research in materials for microwave applications (bulk and thin film, Films by RF sputtering or PLD), studying the Physics of these materials, processes and phenomena with students registered for Ph.D in Physics. The tunable microwave device design, their fabrication and measurements are pursued by students who do 1 year project as part of the M.Tech in IC Technology program and by Ph.D students registered under Electronics stream.
Other areas of interest: Study of liquids in the microwave frequency range. Comparing microwave data with results simulated using Gaussian and thereby arrive at molecular configurations in liquids. Microwave Dielectric Resonators, Application of low loss materials in microwave windows in Nuclear Fusion systems, Microwave Processing of Materials, Co-substitution to achieve novel properties in oxide ceramics, Magnetoelectric multilayers, Microwave device design including that of special antennas that uses the materials developed, Devices that uses LTCC process, Gel casting process for shaping solid microwave devices, High temperature piezoelectrics, Ferroelectrics for energy storage applications, Microwave absorbers with novel materials like Graphene and CNT, properties of Nanoscale Materials (ferroelectrics, metals & graphene) in the microwave range as well as Ferroelectrics in THz and non linear optics.
Member of Professional Bodies
- National Academy of Sciences, India; NASI
- Telangana Academy of Sciences, TAS
- IEEE
- IETE
- ISSS
- MRS
- American Ceramic Soceity
Sponsored / Consultancy Projects
Recent Research Grants Received
| S. No. | Title of the Research Project | Funding agency | Tenure | Grant mobilized (in Rs.) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Effect of laser induced crystallization on ferroelectric thin films and their application in microwave devices on flexible substrates. | DST | 2020-2023 | 28,00,000 |
| 2 | Laser induced crystallization of ferroelectric thin films (to make them compatible with Si technology. | DST | 2014-2018 | 54,00,000 |
| 3 | Leakage current in tunable thin films and its effect on their microwave characteristics: Growth of films, characterization and analysis. | DRDO | 2015-2017 | 49,00,000 |
| 4 | Design and Analysis of a Mode Converter for a Fusion System. | BRNS, DAE | 2015-2017 | 13,00,000 |
| 5 | Study and characterisation of devices with variable reactance having application in Microwave filters”. DLRL- CARS Project. | DLRL | 2015-2016 | 10,00,000 |
| 6 | Fabrication of miniaturized DRAs using high K polymer- ceramic composites. | RCI | 2015-2016 | 10,00,000 |
| 7 | Ferroelectric Thin Films for Nanoelectronic Applications. | UPE-II, UGC | 2013-2015 | 7,00,000 |
| 8 | Design of a Miniaturized Microwave Window With Taper Sections. | BRFST, DAE | 2011-2013 | 10,00,000 |
| 9 | Development of new materials for IR and THz detectors. | ITPAR-II, DST | 2010-2013 | 27,11,600 |
| 10 | Establishment of a National MEMS Design Center. | NPMASS, ADA | 2010-2014 | 16,70,000 |
Students
RESEARCH GUIDANCE DURING LAST 10 YEARS: a) Ph.D
| Sl. No. | Name of the Student | Roll Number | Year of Award | Title of the Thesis |
| 1. | K.Sudheendran | PH04PH03 | 2010 | Studies on Bi2O3-ZnO-Nb2O5 based pyrochlore ceramics and thin films for microwave electronic applications |
| 2. | K. Venkata Saravanan | 03PHPH33 | 2010 | Crystalline Barium Strontium Titanate Thin Films on Amorphous Fused Silica Substrates for Frequency Agile Microwave Devices |
| 3. | A. Rambabu | 06PHPH04 | 2012 | Stoichiometric and substituted SBTi layered ferroelectric system bulk and thin films |
| 4. | Ajeet Kumar | 12PHPH22 | 2016 | Structure-Property Correlations in Ultra-High Strain PLZT Ceramics Prepared via High Energy Mechanical Milling |
| 5. | Anil Tumuluri, ACRHEM | 10ACPP15 | 2016 | Multifaceted properties of LiNbO3 thin films for optical applications and porous ZST for sensing applications |
| 6. | S Ramakant, ACRHEM | 09ACPA06 | 2017 | Magnetism and Laser Induced Crystallization of BaTiO3, and Ultrafast demagnetization of Ni films
|
| 7. | Mahmoud Saleh Alkathy | 13PHPH23 |
2018 | High k, Multiferroic and Lead Free Piezoelectric Compositions in the Co-Substituted BaTiO3 Ceramics |
| 8. | Sivanaga Reddy, ACRHEM | 12ACPA02 | 2019
| Bulk and thin films of CaBi4Ti4O15 for sensing applications |
| 9. | Sindham Bashaiah, ACRHEM | 10AC PP 12 |
2020 | Ba(Zn0.33Ta0.66)O3 based ceramics for high Q resonators, high power microwave window and sensor applications
|
RESEARCH GUIDANCE DURING LAST 10 YEARS: b) M.Tech
Sl. No. | Name of the Student | Roll Numbers | Year of Award | Title of the Dissertation |
| 1. | G.Sandhya | 08PIMT07 |
2011 | Realization of class-A amplifier and analysis and design of class-E power amplifier |
| 2. | E. Srikanth | 09PIMT15 |
2012 | Design & simulation of thin film bulk acoustic resonator based filter & study of electrode effects |
| 3. | Vikram Kumar Singh | 09PIMT06 |
2012 | Design and analysis of MEMS based high Q VHF disk resonator |
| 4. | Pavan Kumar | 10PIMT03 | 2013 | Design of UWB bandpass filter in LTCC technology |
| 5. | G.D.V.Santhosh | 11PIMT05 | 2013
| Investigation of Whispering Gallery Modes of Planar Dielectric Resonators in LTCC Technology and their Applications in Ka Band |
| 6. | Sandeep Konbrailatpam | 11PIMT01 | 2013
| Design & simulation of high overtone bulk acoustic wave resonator (HBAR) |
| 7. | K. Manohar Prasad | 12PIMT06 | 2014
| High K DRA for Ku and ISM band applications using composite polymers and ceramics |
| 8. | Shubham Kumar Gupta | 13PIMT12 | 2015
| Analysis of airborne radome for broadband applications |
| 9. | G. Srikanth | 13PIMT04 | 2015
| Design and development of RF and microwave oscillators |
| 10. | Shiva Vikram | 13PIMT09 | 2015
| Voltage tunable phase shifters using paraelectric BST varactors |
| 11. | Surajit Kumar Nath | 13PIMT20 | 2015
| Design and fabrication of tunable filters using barium strontium titanate (BST) thin film varactors |
| 12. | Sourabh Shukla | 13PIMT20 | 2016
| Design and development of broadband double balanced mixer |
| 13. | Gayathri Dasari | 14PIMT12 |
2016 | Design and fabrication of BST thin film based tunable microwave filters |
| 14. | Reyya Kiran | 14PIMT09 | 2016
| Design and fabrication of voltage tunable phase shifter using BST parallel plate varactors |
| 15. | Sai Vikas | 14PIMT11 | 2017 | Design, Simulation, Fabrication and Testing of Ku band miniaturized Dielectric Reseonator Anatenna Array |
| 16. | Pilli Raghu | 15PIMT09 | 2018 | Design and process optimization of thin film bulk acoustic wave resonator |
| 17. | Rena Rakesh | 15PIMT14 | 2017
| C-Band low noise amplifier design using Si-Ge HBT |
| 19. | Santosh Kumar | 15PIMT17 | 2017 | Design and fabrication of tunable microwave band pass filters using BST thin film varactor |
| 20. | Harini Ashok
| 15PIMT02 | 2018
| Phase shifter design using BST thin film varactor |
| 21. | T Sampath Kumar | 17PIMT17 | 2019 | Electronically tunable microwave device using ferroelectric thin film varactors |
| 22. | K. Gnanasekhar | 17PIMT01 | 2019 | Tunable microwave device for 5G using ferroelectric thin films |
RESEARCH GUIDANCE DURING LAST 10 YEARS: c) Post Doctoral Guidance
| S. No. | Name of the Student | Year of Award |
1. 2.
3. | Dr.S.Ramesh (Ph.D from O.U) Dr.Kiran Kumar Bokinala (Ph.D from Politehnica University of Timisoara, Romania). Dr.Ajeet Kumar (Ph.D from University of Hyderabad) |
March, 2011 to February, 2014, D.S.Kothari PDF.
May, 2014 to April, 2015. Worked with a UPE-II Project.
September, 2016 to August, 2018. Worked with a DRDO sponsored project as RA and then in a DST project. |
Publications and Patents
Patent Awarded
- A Patent got awarded, August, 2001. “A process for the preparation of dielectric
resonators for microwave applications” K.C.James Raju, V.Sivasubramanian,
B.Viswanathan, V.R.K. Murthy, and V.Sundararajan. (INDIA).
Patents Applied
- An Indian patent filed, “The process of manufacturing of Barium Zinc Tantalate ceramics for Microwave applications”, Dibakar Das, M.Swathi, V.S.Surya Chandra and P.K.Sharma, K.C.James Raju. In 2013. 1591/CHE/2013
- Anil Tumuluri, Swaroop Raju, V Seshu Bai, V Rajasekharan, K C James Raju, “A Method for preparing dielectric Resonators of arbitrary shapes” filed an Indian patent. Published in 2016. 166/DEL/2013, dt. 23.01.2013
- J.P.Goud, K.C.James Raju et.al, “A laser-based method to crystallize ferroelectric thin films at sub 300oC temperatures and demonstration of its application by realizing tunable microwave devices on substrates that are crystalline and amorphous.” A provisional patent filed in February, 2019 and full patent filed in February, 2020.
List of Publications (List of papers published in SCI Journals, in year wise descending order).
Books published by reputed publishing House:
| Sl.No | Title of the Book | Name of the Publisher | Two authors /
| Year of Publication |
| 1 |
Scaled Boundary Finite Element Method for Electromagnetics
| VDM Verlag
| V.S.Prasanna Rajan and K.C.James Raju
| 2011 |
| 2 | Pyrochlore ceramics and thin films for microwave electronics: Non ferroelectric voltage tunable materials | Lambert Academic Publishing Germany. ISBN 978-3-8443-1353-6 | SudheendranKooriyattil and K.C James Raju | 2011 |
| 3 | Low Loss Microwave Dielectrics: Bulk and Thin Films: Dielectric studies on bulk and thin films of microwave ceramics
| Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany. ISBN: 978-3-8484-2652-2. | Dobbidi Pamu and K. C. James Raju | 2012 |
Publications as book chapters:
| S. No. | Details of the Publication | Authors | Details of the Book | Editors/ Publishers | Year of publication |
| 1 | Smart Materials in Wireless Communication technology | K. Sudheendran and K.C.James Raju | Smart materials in wireless communication technology, Chapter 5. Pp.109-124. ISBN 978-1-61470-642-7 | Nova Science Publishers. | 2011 |
| 2 | Graphene/Polymer Nanocomposites as Microwave Absorbers https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13875-6_12
| V.V. S. S. Srikanth and K. C. James Raju
| Graphene-Based Polymer Nanocomposites in Electronics. Ch.12, pp 307-343. ISBN: 978-3-319-13874-9 | Springer Series on Polymer and Composite Materials. Springer. | 2015 |
| 3 | Voltage Tunable Microwave Dielectrics for Frequency and Phase Agile Devices | and
| Microwave Materials and Applications, 2 Volume Set Ch.9, ISBN: 978-1-119-20852-5 | Rick Ubic, Wiley
| 2017 |
Papers published in peer reviewed conference proceedings. During 2009- 2019
| S. No. | Title of the publication | Details of Conference | Peer Reviewed/ Others | Year of publication |
| 2 | Growth of preferred oriented Ba0.5Sr0.5TiO3 films on amorphous substrates by RF sputtering | PROCEEDINGS OF THE 56TH DAE SOLID STATE PHYSICS SYMPOSIUM 2011. | Peer reviewed | 2011 |
| 3 | Characterization of SDC+Al2O3 Solid Electrolyte | AIP Conf. Proc. 1447, pp. 961-962, DAE-SSPS | Peer reviewed | 2011 |
| 4 | Application of PSO Algorithm for Optimizing the Dimensions of Tunable Interdigitated Capacitor | PIERS Proceedings, pp.1401 – 1406. | Peer reviewed | 2011 |
| 5 | Crystalline SrBi4Ti4O15 Thin Films on Amorphous Substrates Sputtered by rf Sputtering | AIP Conference Proceedings / Volume 1512 / F. SURFACES, INTERFACES AND THIN FILMS pp. 736-737 | Peer reviewed | 2012 |
| 6 | Fabrication of High Dielectric Constant and Low Loss X Band Ceramic Waveguide Window for High Power Applications | 5th International Conference on Computers and Devices for Communication (CODEC), 2012, Digital Object Identifier: 10.1109/CODEC.2012.6509286 | Peer reviewed | 2012 |
| 7 | Vertical interconnect modeling between GCPWs in LTCC technology | Microelectronics and Electronics (PrimeAsia), 2012 Asia Pacific Conference on Postgraduate Research in , vol., no., pp.211-213 | Peer Reviewed | 2012 |
| 8 | Design of resonator based ultra wideband bandpass filter in Low Temperature Cofired Ceramic Technology | Proceedings of 5th IEEE International Conference on Computers and Devices for Communication (CODEC), 2012, vol., pp.1-3, 17-19 Dec. 2012, doi: 10.1109/CODEC.2012.6509287. | Peer Reviewed | 2012 |
| 9 | Design and analysis of Solidly Mounted Resonator utilising a conductive Bragg reflector to improve Q and resonant frequency. | DO- doi: 10.1109/CODEC.2012.6509281. | Peer Reviewed | 2012 |
| 10 | Whispering gallery modes of planar dielectric resonators in LTCC technology | IEEE,DOI: 10.1109/AICERA-ICMiCR.2013.6576026 | Peer Reviewed | 2012 |
| 11 | Effect of Change in Piezoelectric Layer Thickness in High-Overtone Bulk Acoustic Resonator | International Conference on Microelectronics | Peer Reviewed | 2013 |
| 12 | Role of Oxygen Mixing Percentage on R.F Sputtered and Microwave Annealed Crystalline SrBi4Ti4O15 Thin Films | AIP Conference Proceedings | Peer Reviewed | 2014 |
| 13 | E-Waste and RF Pollution in Asia | 3rd International Conference ‘Language, Society, and Culture in Asian Contexts’ | Peer Reviewed | 2015 |
| 14 | Role of oxygen mixing percentage on r.f sputtered and microwave annealed crystalline SrBi4Ti4O15 thin films | AIP Conf. Proc. 1591 | Peer reviewed | 2015 |
| 15 | A study of piezoelectric properties of (Ba0.85Ca0.15)(Zr0.9Ti0.1)O3 ceramics synthesized by sol-gel process | AIP Conf. Proc. 1536 | Peer reviewed | 2013 |
| 16 | Effect of sintering temperature on structural and dielectric properties of Bi and Li cosubstituted SrTiO3 | AIP Conference Proceedings 1728 | Peer reviewed | 2016 |
| 17 | Microwave Dielectric and Optical Properties Of Pulsed Laser Deposited Na0.5Bi0.5TiO3 Thin Film | AIP Conference Proceedings 1731 | Peer reviewed | 2016 |
| 18 | Third order nonlinearity in pulsed laser deposited LiNbO3 thin films | AIP conference Proceedings, 1728 | Peer reviewed | 2016 |
| 19 | Optical and Microwave Properties of CaBi4Ti4O15 Ferroelectric Thin Films Deposited by Pulsed Laser Deposition | AIP Conference Proceedings 1731 | Peer reviewed | 2016 |
| 20 | Linear and Nonlinear Optical Properties of SrBi4Ti4O15 Thin Films | AIP Conference Proceedings 1728 | Peer reviewed | 2016 |
| 21 | Dielectric properties of novel composites prepared with few layered graphene (FLG)-lithium triniobate (LiNb3O8) | AIP Conference Proceedings 1675 | Peer reviewed | 2015 |
| 22 | Microwave Absorption Properties of LiNb3O8 in X-band prepared by combustion synthesis | AIP conference Proceedings, 1675 | Peer reviewed | 2015 |
| 23 | Raman spectra and dielectric studies in Ti substituted Bi2(Zn2/3Nb4/3)O7 pyrochlores | AIP conference Proceedings, 1731 | Peer reviewed | 2016 |
| 24 | Microwave dielectric and optical properties of amorphous and crystalline Ba0.5Sr0.5TiO3 thin films | AIP Conf. Proc. 1728 | Peer reviewed | 2016 |
| 25 | Switchable High Overtone Resonance in BST film with MIM structure on Sapphire Substrate | IEEE Workshop (ISAF/ECAPD/PFM), 2016 IEEE Intenational Symposium | Peer reviewed | 2016 |
| 26 | Enhanced piezo response in mechanical activated andmicrowave sintered PLZT 8/60/40 ceramics | Joint IEEE International ISAF/ECAPD/PFM | Peer reviewed | 2016 |
Awards and Honours
Prestigious Awards/ Honors:
- a) Self
:
| S. No. | Name of the Award/ Honor | Awarding agency | Year of award |
| 1. | Prof.A.L.Laskar Memorial Award for the best thesis in Physics.
| Indian Institute of Technology, Madras | 1996 |
| 2. | Best Poster Paper Award | International Union of Material Research Soceities | 2012 |
| 3 | Elected Life Member of National Academy of Sciences, India.
| NASI, India | 2013 |
| 4. | Elected Sr.Member, IEEE | IEEE | 2019 |
| 5. | Elected Fellow of Telangana Academy of Sciences | Telangana Academy of Sciences | 2020 |
Prestigious Awards/ Honors:
With Ph.D Students:
| S. No. | Name of the Student | Name of the Award/ Honor | Awarding agency | Year of award |
| 1. | K. Sudheendran | Young Scientist Award | AMEC 2008, Tusukuba, Japan | 2008 |
| 2. | K. Sudhhendran | Obama- Manmohan Singh Post Doctoral Fellowship | US India 21st Century Knowledge Initiative. | 2012 |
| 3. | S Bashaiah | Best Paper Award | CODEC 2012 | 2012 |
| 4. | Andrews Joseph | Best Paper Award | ISIF | 2017 |
| 5. | T.Aiswarya | Best Poster Award | GITAM University | 2019 |